Gus Schilling
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August "Gus" Schilling (June 20, 1908 - June 16, 1957) was an American actor.
August "Gus" Schilling (June 20, 1908 – June 16, 1957) was an American film actor who started in burlesque comedy and usually played nervous comic roles, often unbilled. A friend of Orson Welles, he appeared in five of the director's films — Citizen Kane (first screen performance), The Magnificent Ambersons, The Lady from Shanghai, Macbeth and Touch of Evil (final performance, released posthumously).
Born in New York City, Schilling had a rubber face and flustered gestures which made him a natural comedian and he began his career understudying comedy stars Bert Lahr and Joe Penner on Broadway. He soon became a favorite among burlesque comedians, who welcomed him into the burlesque profession. Schilling was in a relationship with burlesque star Betty Rowland and the couple toured in the Minsky burlesque troupe.
Orson Welles saw Schilling in New York and followed him to Florida. There Welles hired Schilling to appear in a stage production featuring several Shakespearean scenes. "I learned my part by taking the script to Welles and having him translate the lines to everyday English," Schilling recalled in 1939. Welles promised Schilling a part in Welles's first motion picture, and kept his promise: Schilling is featured in Citizen Kane (1941). This established Schilling in Hollywood movies as a "nervous" comedian (he plays a jittery symphony conductor in Olsen and Johnson's Hellzapoppin', for example). He also co-starred with character comedian Richard Lane in a series of 11 comedy shorts for Columbia Pictures; the series ran from 1945 to 1950.
Como Actor/Actriz
El Ciudadano Kane
John
Rebelde sin causa
Attendant (uncredited)
Sed de mal
Eddie Farnham (uncredited)
La dama de Shanghai
Goldfish
Macbeth
A Porter
Los magníficos Ambersons
Drug Clerk (uncredited)
Sendas amargas
Doc Ridgeway
On Dangerous Ground
Lucky
Bigger Than Life
Druggist (uncredited)
Hellzapoppin'
Orchestra Conductor
Cuando llama el deseo
Newsstand Vendor (uncredited)
There's One Born Every Minute
Professor Asa Quisenberry
Aladino y la lámpara maravillosa
Jafar
Casi un ángel
Raven
Glory
Joe Page
Bailando nace el amor
Fernando
Presenting Lily Mars
Scotty - Stage Manager
The Penalty
Bank Teller (uncredited)
Our Very Own
Frank
It's a Pleasure
Bill Evans
She Couldn't Say No
Ed Gruman
Calendar Girl
Eddie Gaskin
Appointment for Love
Gus
Broadway
Joe
Hers to Hold
Rosey Blake
The Return of October
Benny
Dangerous Business
Alexander Pough
Ice-Capades
Dave
Pop Always Pays
City Dump Watchman
Mexican Spitfire Out West
Hotel Desk Clark